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About Delicacy

Reminiscent of novels by Nick Hornby, Muriel Barbery, and Jonathan Tropper, internationally acclaimed novelist David Foenkinos delivers a heartfelt and deftly comedic tale of new love brightening the dark aftermath of loss—and of wounded hearts finding refuge in the strangest of places. After her husband’s unexpected death, Natalie has erected a fortress around her emotions—and Markus, clumsy and unassuming, will never be her knight in shining armor. Yet slowly but surely, an offbeat romance begins between these two mismatched, complex souls, and contrary to everything Natalie knows of affection, her perfect suitor may turn out to be love’s most unlikely candidate—the fool, not the hero, who is finally able to reach her heart.

About David Foenkinos

David Foenkinos is a French novelist and screenwriter. His novels have been translated into twenty-five languages and garnered ten awards around the world. Delicacy, which was first published in France, garnered nominations for all five major French literary prizes and has sold one million copies. Delicacy is now a film starring Audrey Tautou of Amelie and will be released in the United States in March 2012. David lives in Paris.

Congrats to our February Book Club of the Month Winners! Kathy and Princeton II won THE GOOD LUCK OF RIGHT NOW by Matthew Quick, Julie and the Booking Mamas won RULES FOR THE PERPETUAL DIET by K. S. R. Burns, Cynthia and the Downtown Lunchtime Book Club won MIRAMONT'S GHOST by Elizabeth Hall, Michael and the Desert Reads book club won SCENT OF BUTTERFLIES by Dora Levy Mossanen, and Linda and the Hettinger Book Club won THE SUN GOD'S HEIR by Elliott Baker.